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We recently received an update from Michael Ayotte R.Ph., Vice President of State and Local Government Affairs for CVS Health in Washington DC. As you know from our recent post, CVS is leading the way as a corporate PDMP partner with programs that help further the effectiveness of the FLPDMP Foundation and its sister organizations …

A report by The Pew Charitable Trusts and Brandeis University, is now available to the public. The attached report describes eight evidence based practices aimed at increasing prescriber utilization of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, perspectives on implementation, the current status of adoption, and detailed case studies describing implementation of those practices. Florida’s PDMP is recognized …

Walgreens is leading the fight against prescription drug abuse with new programs to help curb the misuse of medications and reduce the rise in overdose deaths. In the first ongoing national effort by a retailer, Walgreens has installed safe medication disposal kiosks in over 500 pharmacies across 35 states. Florida leads the way, along with …

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) released the Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons Interim Report 2015. The report contains information compiled from autopsies performed by medical examiners across the state from January through June 2015. During that period there were approximately 100,189 deaths in Florida. Of those, 4,682 …

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